If you’re a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, you’re most certainly wanting to take care of the vast majority of the maintenance to be done on your BMW 4 Series, but some are more challenging than others and need the removal of body parts or parts to access the part you want to operate on. We would really like to help you in this operation. That’s why in this article we are going to see how to remove the bumper from a BMW 4 Series. This process is not very challenging and you should have the ability to do it with few equipment. To accomplish this, first we will see how to remove the front bumper of your BMW 4 Series, then how to remove the rear bumper of this one.

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How to remove the front bumper from a BMW 4 Series

So let’s begin our content page with the front bumper of your BMW 4 Series. To take it off, you will just require a set of ratchet wrenches, some screwdrivers and torx bits. Here are the steps you will have to stick to in order to disassemble the bumper of your BMW 4 Series in good conditions:

  • If you want to be more comfy, we encourage you to lift your BMW 4 Series and to remove the front wheels to have a best access to the whole front bumper.
  • Open the bonnet of your car: Would seem obvious, but you will need to have access to the bumper attachment in your engine compartment.
  • Take away the wheel arches: They’re also referred to as fenders, but they’ll get in the way and stop you from accessing all the screws on the front bumper of your BMW 4 Series. According to your car features and the year of your model, you will also have the ability to find staples, to accomplish this, you will just have to use a staple extractor or to do it carefully with a big flat screwdriver, and use a lever to open the staple.
  • Then you will have to unscrew the screws that is in back of your mudguard and that locks the front bumper of your BMW 4 Series on the sides.
  • Unscrew the screws or remove the clips on the upper part of the bumper in the engine compartment.
  • Now it’s time to go under your BMW 4 Series to unscrew the bolts that are on the chassis of the car, you will find some in the middle of the bumper and on the sides.
  • Make sure to disconnect the connection of the plate lighting and the distance control sensor if you have it.
  • Carefully remove the front bumper by first unclipping the sides. If it doesn’t come off, you quite likely forgot a screw or a clip. Think of employing a carpet or other to avoid that it gets scratched by touching the ground.

That’s it, you’ve seen all the steps of how to remove the front bumper from your BMW 4 Series, to put it back in place stick to the steps in the opposite way.

How to remove the rear bumper from a BMW 4 Series

And to finish, regardless if the process is quite similar, we will take a look at the case of removing the rear bumper from your BMW 4 Series. For each stage to avoid repeating ourselves we will just give you the broad highlights, read the part 1 if you have any concerns or questions for more information.

  • Start by executing the same first stage, that is, lift your BMW 4 Series and take off your rear wheels in order to have an ideal working space to remove the bumper of your BMW 4 Series without trouble
  • Remove the rear wheel arches of your BMW 4 Series to access the side bumper side brackets
  • Open your trunk
  • Take away the side brackets in your wheel arches to make it less difficult to remove the bumper from your BMW 4 Series.
  • Remove the lower bindings below your BMW 4 Series.
  • While doing so, make sure disconnect the rear license plate light and the reverse radar sensors if you are equipped with them.
  • Unscrew the top brackets from the top of the trunk.
  • Now all you have to do is remove the rear bumper from your BMW 4 Series, stick to the same method as for the front bumper

Here, you have learned through these two parts, how to remove the bumper from a BMW 4 Series whether it is the front one or the rear one the ways are more or less the same and it is enough to be careful to make everything go well.

To get more tips on the BMW 4 Series, take a look at the BMW 4 Series category.